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Daugbters of 

California Pioneers* 

Society 






CONSTITUTION 

AND 

BY-LAWS 

Daughters of 
California Pioneers' 
Society 



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daughters of 
California Pioneers' 

SOCIETY. 



Constitution* 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

This Society shall be known as the Daughters of 
California Pioneers. 

ARTICLE II. 

OBJECT. • 

The object of this Society is to perpetuate the 
memories of our fathers; further the well being of 
its members; to cultivate social intercourse and to 
form a more perfect union among its members. 

ARTICLE III. 

QUAI.IFICATIONS. 

Section 1. The Society shall consist of female 
descendants of such California Pioneers, as have 
been or fm^are members of " The Society of Cali- 
fornia Pioneers" of San Francisco and Sacramento. 



4 CONSTITUTION. 

Sec. 2. Honorary members may be admitted to 
the Society without such qualifications in accord- 
ance with such provisions as may be made in the 
By-Laws. 

ARTICLE IV. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Any person duly qualified, desiring to become a 
member of this Society shall be proposed and bal- 
loted for in a manner to be prescribed in the By- 
Laws. 

ARTICLE V. 

FEES AND DUES. 

Admission fees and monthly dues shall be paid 
as may be provided in the By-Laws. 

ARTICLE VI. 
OFFICERS. 

Section 1. The Officers of this Society shall 
consist of President, Vice-President, Secretary and 
Treasurer, who shall also act as Financial Secre- 
tary. These Officers with seven Directors elected 
annually from the Society shall constitute the 
Board of Directors, seven of whom shall constitute 
a quorum. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Sec. 2. The duties of the Officers s hall b e those 
usual to their respective positions ancflRpecified 
in the By-Laws. 



CONSTITUTION. 5 

NOMINATION AND EILECTION OF OFFICERS. 

Sec. 3. Nominations of Officers shall take place 
at the last stated meeting in November, and elec- 
tion shall take place at the first stated meeting in 
December of each and every year. 



ARTICIvK VII. 
rETe:ntion of officers. 

Section 1. The Officers and Directors of the 
Society to hold their respective positions until the 
first stated meeting in January of each year. 

VACANCIES. 

Sec. 2. If a vacancy from any cause shall occur 
in any office of this Society it shall be filled in the 
manner of the original procedure except that 
nomination and election may be held at the same 
meeting in the case of an elective office. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

Section 1 . By-I^aws in conformity with this 
Constitution may be made and from time to time 
altered by being first submitted in writing at a 
stated meeting and adopted by a two-thirds vote of 
members present at a subsequent stated meeting. 

Sec. 2. Robert's Rules of Order shall govern 
the proceedings of this Society in all cases to which 
they are applicable. 



n CONSTITUTION. 

Sec. 3. Amendments to this Constitution may 
be made in the same manner as is provided for the 
amendments of By-Laws in Section 1 of Article 8, 
except Articles 1 and 3 of this Constitution. 



daughters of 
California Pioneers' 

SOCIETY. 



By-Laws* 



ARTICLE I. 

APPLICANT'S FOR MEMBERSHIP. 

Section 1. Every applicant for membership 
must be duly qualified as provided in Article 3, 
Section 1, in the Constitution, and must be of good 
moral character. ^ 

Sec. 2. Name of applicant for membership (also 
father's name) must be presented to the Secretary, 
at a regular meeting and balloted for at the follow- 
ing meeting, subject to the approval of the investi- 
gating committee. Three adverse votes shall 
reject the admission of a candidate. 

ARTICLE II. 

FEES AND DUES. 

Section 1. Regular members shall pay admis- 
sion fee, $2.50, and shall pay monthly dues of fifty 
cents, in advance. 

Sec. 2. A member who is three months delin- 
quent in payment of dues shall lose her right to 



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vote and if delinquent twelve months shall be 
stricken from the roll of the Society, after being 
duly notified by the Secretary-, 

ARTICLE III. 
DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 
Section 1, The President shall preside at all 
meetings of the Society; strictly enforce the provi- 
sions of these By-Laws; appoint such committees 
as may be required; sign all warrants and other 
papers requiring her signature, and perform such 
other duties as may be imposed upon her by the 
Society. 

DUTIES OF VICE-PRESIDENT. 

Sec. 2. The yice-President shall be President 
pro tern in the absence of the President. 

DUTIES OF SECRETARY. 

Sec. 3. The Secretary shall keep the correct 
record of the proceedings of the Society ; receive 
all communications and answer the same; send out 
all papers and documents ordered by the Society 
or Board of Directors; shall present all bills to the 
Board of Directors and see that all warrants are 
properly drawn and attested. 

DUTIES OF TREASURER. 

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive; take charge 
of all moneys belonging to the Society, and pay 
out same only upon warrants properly drawn and 
attested by the President and Secretary, and such 
other duties as may be required by the Society. 



BY-I.AWS. 9 

DUTIRS OF DIRECTORS. 

Sec. 5. The Directors shall attend to all the 
business of the Society ; have charge of all prop- 
erty; consider and pass upon all bills, and shall 
meet monthly to attend to such other business as 
may be necessary in the discharge of their duties. 

ARTICI.E IV. 

GUESTS. 
Tickets of admission to meetings of the Society 
may be issued to friends of members and to dis- 
tinguished strangers at the discretion of the Board 
of Directors. 

ARTICLE V. 

BY-I.AWS. 

It shall not be in the power of the Society to 
alter the name of the Society or the qualifications 
for membership in Article 3 of the Constitution. 

ARTICLE VI. 

Section 1. The regular meeting of the Society 
will be held on the first and third Mondays of each 
month at three o'clock in the afternoon at Pioneer 
Hall. 

Sec. 2. Fifteen members of the Society shall 
form a quorum. 

Sec. 3. No religious nor personal discussions 
will be allowed at any meeting. 

ARTICLE VII. 

MISCONDUCT. 

Section 1. The Board of Directors may, after 
a proper investigation, when in its judgment the 



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interests of the Society demand such action, repri- 
mand, suspend, or drop from its roll of member- 
ship any member who by her conduct disturbs the 
harmony or endangers the good name or usefulness 
of the Society. 

ARTICIvE VIII. 

FAI^SE) ENTRY. 

Any person who may become a member fraudu- 
lently shall be expelled from the Society and shall 
forfeit her entrance fee and all dues she may have 
paid to the Society. 

ARTICLE IX. 

FINES. 

Any member who is absent from the annual elec- 
tion shall be fined 50 cents, (without a good excuse). 

A member of any committee who absents her- 
self or fails to do her duty may be removed from 
said committee. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

1 . Reading, correction , and approval , of minutes 
of previous meeting. 

2. Roll of Officers. 
8. Roll of Members. 

4. Applicants for Membership. 

5. Balloting for Candidates. 
(>. Reports of Committees. 

7. Unfinished Business. 

8. New Business. 

9. Adjournment. 



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